The Valve-Setter's Guide: A Treatise On The Construction And Adjustment Of The Principal Valve Gearings Used On American Locomotives (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Valve-Setter's Guide: A Treatise on the Construction and Adjustment of the Principal Valve Gearings Used on American Locomotives Not only so, but as the valve gearing is the most intricate part of the reversible steam engine, SO the study of valve gearing is calculated to de velop the faculty of giving thoughtful attention to'the details of all forms of involved mechanism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.